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For me the most grave offense of our current president was taking out Anwar al-Awlaki in 2011. I understand he was not a good individual, by any means, but he
by snake_plissken 11y ago
For me the most grave offense of our current president was taking out Anwar al-Awlaki in 2011. I understand he was not a good individual, by any means, but he was an American citizen which entitled him to all of the protections afforded under The Constitution.
Programs like these are what undermines any legitimacy our country has left.
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoDon't forget his 16 year old son, killed 2 weeks later at an outdoor restaurant, together with 6 other people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki He was also a US citizen.
- devit 11y agoDoesn't U.S. law offer any recourse in this case?
- NN88 11y ago1. He renounced his citizenship 2. Yemen tried him in absentia
- merpnderp 11y agoWhat should the US have done instead? He was planning and committing terrorist attacks and there was no way to simply arrest him. Why should the US be obligated to allow Americans to commit war crimes when they are unreachable by law enforcement?
- ionised 11y agoBecause if the US isn't going to follow the law why the fuck should anybody else?
- merpnderp 11y agoWhat law did the US break? The guy was a member of Al Queda. Congress explicitly initiated a war against Al Queda. The guy wasn't in a place where US law enforcement could reach him. Which is kind of the definition of being at war.